Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Le Tour de Filipinas (LTDF) featured cycling clubs from Europe, Asia, and Australia last April 17 to 20. The Tour kicked off with a 145-kilometer lung-buster in Tagaytay City, and the Stage 2 was a 60-km leg ending at Roxas Boulevard, followed by a 135-km Quezon City-Subic stage. The four-day event was capped by a 140-km Subic to Subic run.

Dos-1 president and Padyak Pinoy chairman Edgardo Cayton noted that special guests from Australia’s Prime State and Medscheme/CPI of South Africa were invited to witness the exciting event.

The tour is proudly presented by Tanduay, Smart Communications Inc., and Air21. Moreover, LTDF is a part of the Union Cycling International (UCI), the Asia Tour calendar of the sport’s world governing body.

The UCI granted Dos-1/Padyak Pinoy the license to stage the international race, which is the first for the country since the foreign-flavored Marlboro Tour in 1999.